Xu Yuanquan's conjecture is not unfounded, because the Japanese army is fully capable of taking Hefei.
As for Anqing, the mouth of the river, it was not within the scope of Xu Yuanquan's consideration - because Hefei was the first important town, and it was the defense area where Yang Sen of the Sichuan Army was stationed, so it did not have much direct relationship with him.
The troops have to fight, and the Japanese army still has to resist, but the key is how to not only attack the Japanese army, but also protect their own defense zone, which involves a command art.
"Hefei... still needs to be saved..." Xu Yuanquan murmured to himself.
The war is coming faster than many people imagined, especially the Japanese army's combat progress and speed.
After the 87th Army discovered the Japanese army crossing the river in the northeast of Songyang County, it didn't take long for a Japanese army to appear around Hefei.
This Japanese army is advancing very fast and unreasonably.
Why do you say they are unreasonable? The reason is that after they approached Hefei, without routine artillery bombardment, they directly launched an extremely violent attack on the garrison troops near Hefei.
These garrison troops were almost stunned - they had never seen such unreasonable Japanese troops. They didn't even carry out routine bombardment and launched an attack directly?
As the saying goes, soldiers are expensive and fast, and these Japanese troops have extremely strong combat effectiveness.
In less than half a day, the national army lost two towns.
As soon as the news reached Hefei, Xu Yuanquan was extremely angry. He slapped the table directly: "What does Wang Jinguo do for food? He can't even hold on for such a short period of time! After all, we have to hold on until our army is mobilized, right?!"
"Boss, now is not the time to be anxious. Commander Wang's troops are now in retreat. What we should do next is how to mobilize other troops to fill this gap, right?" Chief of Staff Shi Jie persuaded Xu Yuanquan , after all, if Commander-in-Chief Shi is confused, he will be among the unlucky ones.
"Yes, immediately order the Tenth Army to mobilize everything and mobilize troops to plug this gap. The Japanese army cannot continue to invade!" Xu Yuanquan is also an experienced veteran after all, and he immediately asked the troops to fill the gap.
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On the front line, the land is desolate.
Among the green grass, a troop wearing iron-blue military uniforms was surging back desperately.
This is a broken army!
To be more precise, they are the troops of Jin Guo, the king of the Tenth Army!
At this time, division commander Wang Jinguo was also mixed in the middle of this team.
He knew very well what he was doing - but he had no choice. The troops were defeated like mountains and fell thousands of miles away. How could he organize such a defeated army to resist the Japanese front?
Therefore, Wang Jinguo thought about it and forgot about it. Escape was more important. As long as the troops were not exhausted, he would still be the division commander.
"Division Commander, now the commander-in-chief is calling and ordering our troops to go back and hold on." A correspondent ran to Wang Jinguo's side with a telegram.
"Don't worry about it for now, we have to run to Hefei and rely on the city walls of Hefei to resist the Japanese attack! In this plain without bunkers, we are the living targets of the Japanese artillery fire!" Wang Jinguo pretended not to be panicked at all. After all, it was a very shameless thing.
"Yes! Sir!" The correspondent responded and ran back.
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The news that Xu Yuanquan's 26th Group Army in the direction of Hefei had started fighting soon reached the ears of Yang Sen, commander-in-chief of the 27th Group Army in Anqing.
Yang Sen is from Sichuan, and he is a very typical Sichuan person. He is shrewd and strong, and at the same time, he is also very good at making small calculations.
This time when they came out to Sichuan to fight against Japan, like most Sichuan troops, the 27th Army was also the same, with very poor equipment and weak combat effectiveness.
So when the war started on Xu Yuanquan's side, Yang Sen did not send troops to support the battle - after all, for him, it was like a mud Buddha crossing the river in Anqing, and he could not protect himself, let alone go to reinforce the battle in Hefei. .
Pretending also requires strength.
Obviously, Yang Sen is not the kind of person who likes to show off, and he is very aware of his predicament.
"Boss, Xu Yuanquan is fighting so fiercely. Should we send some troops to reinforce him?" Xia Jiong, deputy commander of the 20th Army, suggested. He is from Wenjiang, Sichuan, and he can be said to be the best. He is Yang Sen's confidant and old subordinate.
After all, the name of the 27th Army seems quite deceptive, but when you look at the troops under their jurisdiction, there is only one 20th Army, and you know that they don't have many soldiers.
When it first left Sichuan, the 20th Army under Yang Sen still had three divisions: the 133rd Division, the 134th Division, and the 135th Division. However, after the Battle of Xuzhou, the 20th Army suffered heavy losses. It could only be reduced to two divisions - the 133rd Division and the 134th Division.
As for the 135th Division, they could only be forced to disband.
Now Yang Sen seems to have been promoted. After all, the position of commander-in-chief and commander of the group army is very prestigious.
But in reality, nearly one-third of his troops have been eliminated.
Therefore, Yang Sen does not intend to support Xu Yuanquan.
"Are you crazy? I only have a few men, and why are you going to support them? If we continue to fight like this, our Sichuan army will kill all of them." Yang Sen spoke in Sichuan dialect, full of Sichuan flavor.
"Yes, boss." Deputy Commander Xia Jiong responded.
Since the 135th Division was abolished, Xia Jiong, who originally served as the commander of the 134th Division and the Commander of the 20th Army, was changed to full-time deputy army commander, and Yang Hanzhong, the original commander of the 135th Division, was changed to the first The commander of the Third and Fourth Divisions.
Faced with the commander-in-chief's unwillingness to reinforce friendly forces, Xia Jiong also understood very well. After all, Xu Yuanquan's troops were at the peak of their strength, and their troops only had two divisions, so it was really not their turn to reinforce...
However, what Yang Sen did not expect was that a Japanese force of about 2,000 people, under the cover of more than 20 Japanese warships, began to land downstream of Anqing and attacked the National Army Yang Sen's 27th Group Army. The troops marched towards the Ozeki position guarded by the troops.
A big war is about to begin.
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The Japanese attack can be said to be very orderly.
After all, attacking from both the waterway and the land route is a very methodical attack method - one is right and the other is strange, and the bow is fired from left to right!
The Japanese troops landing from the waterway were like a sharp knife, piercing into the heart of the Wannan National Army. Whether it was Hefei or Anqing, they were the battle targets they were determined to win!
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Daguan Town, this is the barrier to the southeast of Anqing.
As long as we capture this place, we can directly attack Anqing.
Therefore, Yang Sen also arranged for a regiment of troops to be stationed here.
After all, Anqing is a very large place. No matter how it is arranged, Yang Sen's troops, which already have insufficient troops, will be stretched thin.
Under such circumstances, it is impossible for Yang Sen to be stupid enough to put a brigade or a division of troops here, right?
Therefore, this place became the primary attack target for the Japanese troops landing downstream!
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PS: The second update is finally here, I’m going to bed, good night everyone.
